Hanger for sap-gathering receptacles.



A. B. WALDRON. HANGER FOR SAP GATHERING RBGBPTAGLES.

. APPLIOATIQNIILBD FBB.25, 1914. 1,1 1 5,627.

Patented Nov. '3, 1914.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.-

ASBERRY B. WALDRON, OF'BRONSON, FLORIDA.

HANGER FOR SAP-GATHERING RECIELI?lI-hCLES.

p Speccation of Letters Patent.

To all whom t may concern.' y

Be it lmown that I, ASBERRY B. WALDRON, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Bronson, in the county of Levy and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Hanger for Sap-Gathering Receptacles; and l. do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact descriptionof the inA vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art t0 which it appertaiiis to make and use the saine.

This invention relates. to the art of sap gatherers, and particularly to improvements in a hanger for thereceptacle.

The aim of the invention is to form a hanger of` a single piece of wire constructed to form an annular ring, with two opposite end portions of the wire twisted together to form an upstanding arm terminating in eyes, so constructed as to prevent the hanger vfrom wabbliiig. i

A feature of the invention is the fact that the extremities of the two end portions of the wire are twisted together to forni a tongue intermediate said eyes, which eX- tremities are also twisted partly about said arms. r i

In practical fields the device may vbe subjected to alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed. I v The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings z-Figure l is a View in perspective showing the improved hanger supporting the sap gathering receptacle. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of 'the hanger. F ig. 3 is a view showing a modified forni of hanger. Fig. 4 is a view showing a portion of another form of hanger.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings a, designates a tree, which may be any character. This tree has the usual gash or cut 5 to cause the guni or sap to iiow from the tree. Attached in any suitable manner to the tree are the usual gutters c and CZ, in which the sap from the gash iiows.

The hanger for supporting the sap gathers ing receptacle comprises a single length of wire,constructedsubstantially midway of its length to form a circular ring 2, adapted to receive the sap gathering receptacle or other receptacle, so that the kshoulder 3 thereof will engage the ring. The portions 4 beyond this ring are twisted together as shown,

.a ring to receivea sap receptacle,

to forni an upstanding arm, the extremities of which portiona are constructed or arranged to forni eyes 6, said extremities being designated by the character 7. The parts 8 of the eyes are directed toward one another and downwardly, and in the upper outer corner bends 9, the nails or other devices 10 for supporting the handley are ar ranged, and by reason of the part being directed toward one'another and downwardly, the hanger is prevented from wabbling. Furthermore, if the nails are arranged a triiie too close, so as to not exactly iit the corner bends, the downwardly extending parts 8 directed toward one anotherr will wedge between the nails. The parts l1 of said extremities are twisted together 'to form a tongue l2, and by this twisted construction the eyes are reinforced or straightened. The parts ll are also twisted about the arm as shown at 13.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulisr-` l. A sap gathering hanger formed of a single piece of wire constructed to provide a ring to receive asap receptacle, the partsy of the wire beyond the ring being twisted ,to` gether to form an upstanding arm, said parts beyond the twistedportion beingbent to form adjoining eyes, the extremities of said parts being twisted together to form a tongue intermediate said eyes.

2. A sap .gathering hanger formed of a single piece of wire constructed toprovide the parts p Patented Nov. 3,1914.-l Application filed February 25, 1914. Serial No. 821,087. i

of the wire beyond the ring being twisted together to form an upstanding arm, said parts beyond the twisted portion being bent to forni adjoining eyes, the extremities of said parts being twisted together. to forni a tongue intermediate said eyes, the upper portions of the eyes being bent toward one another and downwardly to said tongue thereby forming an acute angle bendat the upper outer corners of saideyes in which` nails are adapted to be arranged to support ioo the bracket, the twisted extremities Lbeing twisted aboutsaid arm.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification intheV presence ofy two subscribing witnesses.

lASBERRY B. WALDRON. lVitnesses:

W. P. PINNELL, T. S. VViLLiAivrs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. C. A 

